22Synonyms found for tribute

Word Origin & History

tribute mid-14c., "tax paid to a ruler or master for security or protection," from L. tributum "tribute," lit. "a thing contributed or paid," noun use of tributus, neuter pp. of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1580s.

Example Sentences for tribute

But the entire final segment of the show was a long tribute to a deceased academic.

Universities should also pay tribute to faculty members who are successful at nurturing diverse ideas and student involvement.

Only now are efforts under way to pay him fitting tribute in the city in which he lived and worked all his adult life.

It is a uniquely naïve tribute to mutual ministration.

But sometimes one city would establish an ascendancy over others and exact tribute from their population.

References are a natural way for writers to pay tribute to peers and predecessors.

Nothing in the way of a salute to his contributions or a tribute to his life's work and accomplishments.

Instead, they so often seem to be intended as triggers for conversation or canvases of tribute and celebration.

It's a tribute to the art of investigative journalism and it sets an incredibly high benchmark for future non-fiction writing.

The result, including works never seen by modern scholars, is a dazzling tribute to one of the world's great civilizations.